Trichoteleia eburata Talamas

Talamas, Elijah J., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2011, Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), ZooKeys 80, pp. 1-126 : 34-36

Trichoteleia eburata Talamas sp. n. Figures 97-101Morphbank 14

Description.

Color of head: yellow throughout. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: absent. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: densely punctate throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: yellow with longitudinal, median brown stripe dorsally. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae short and poorly defined. Notaulus: smooth furrow incomplete, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as row of punctures. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: sparsely punctate, becoming denser anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, sparsely punctate laterally. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: punctate. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: punctate. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: moderately dense. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: densely punctate. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: straight to moderately convex. Color of legs: coxae and trochanters white, otherwise yellow to pale brown.

Color of metasoma in female: T1-T2 and S1-S2 dark brown, T3 and S3 white, T4-T6 and S4-S6 light brown. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T3: absent. Microsculpture on T4: absent. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large, apically rounded protuberance. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally strigose throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: absent. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent. Punctation of T5 in female: sparse along midline, otherwise dense. Microscupture on T6 in female: absent. Sculpture of T6 in female: smooth along midline, densely and finely punctate laterally. Sculpture of S2: crenulate along anterior margin, otherwise smooth with small punctures throughout. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings: macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: slightly infuscate throughout. Color of hind wing: slightly infuscate throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: uniform throughout. Length of R1: more than 1.5 times as long as r. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia eburata is most similar to Trichoteleia hemlyae , Trichoteleia ravaka and Trichoteleia pauliani . The absence of microsculpture on the metasoma of Trichoteleia eburata differentiates it.

Etymology.

The adjectival epithet eburata, meaning "inlaid with ivory" in Latin, refers to the pale color of T3 and S3 on the metasoma of this species.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=264100]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MAYOTTE: litter / rainforest, BLF19060, Dapani, 12°57'46"S, 45°09'01"E, 135m, 2. XII– 4.XII.2007, sifted litter, B. L. Fisher et al., CASENT 2043861 (deposited in CASC).